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Proposition 53

California Statewide • 2003 •  Legislative Referendum 

Failed

Result: 36.1% yes, 63.9% no

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This constitutional amendment would have changed how California finances infrastructure projects by modifying the state's borrowing and debt requirements. The measure aimed to alter the legislative process for approving infrastructure funding through constitutional changes to existing finance mechanisms.

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